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Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times

Juan Manuel Alvarez, 29, yawns after his conviction on 11 counts of first-degree murder are read in court Thursday. He was convicted of causing a 2005 Metrolink rail disaster that turned two commuter trains into a tangled mass of smoking wreckage littered with victims.

Juan Manuel Alvarez, 29, yawns after his conviction on 11 counts of first-degree murder are read in court Thursday. He was convicted of causing a 2005 Metrolink rail disaster that turned two commuter trains into a tangled mass of smoking wreckage littered with victims. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Juan Manuel Alvarez, 29, yawns after his conviction on 11 counts of first-degree murder are read in court Thursday. He was convicted of causing a 2005 Metrolink rail disaster that turned two commuter trains into a tangled mass of smoking wreckage littered with victims.